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Section 230 Once Again Immunizes Google’s Search Results–Metroka v. PA Law Enforcement

Eric Goldman

” The court summarizes: “Google has immunity from her state law claims, as it cannot be held liable for search engine results showing a third party’s statement.” 2016); Fakhrian v. 2016 WL 1650705 (Cal. 2016); Despot v. 2016 WL 4148085 (W.D. 2016); Manchanda v. 2016); Mosha v.

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Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v. Amazon

Eric Goldman

Eventually, both state legislatures and Congress banned the practice. The flagship law in this area is the Consumer Review Fairness Act, enacted by Congress in 2016. My primer on that law. California enacted a similar law, Civil Code 1670.8, Amazon appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Banking Agencies Propose 36-Hour Data Breach Reporting Rules for Significant Incidents

Debevoise Data Blog

Background Banking organizations already are subject to reporting obligations of cyber events and data breaches under applicable federal and state laws. Many other stateslaws are modeled on California’s law. To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here.

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Face Forward: Strategies for Complying with Facial Recognition Laws

Debevoise Data Blog

For purposes of these blog posts, we focus mainly on the former use case—matching a face to a specific person for identification purposes—rather than other use cases such as emotional evaluation and lie detection. State Laws Permitting but Regulating Collection and Use of Biometric Identifiers, including Facial Data.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

I did a deep dive on this topic in December , but the general gist of it is that copyright law preempts state law claims if the state-law claims come within the general scope of copyright. It was accessed according to the stated preferences of users, but against Facebook’s wishes.

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The Final Verdict: Examining the Death Penalty in the United States and South Carolina

The Barrister

Over the years, the state has shifted between different execution methods and faced significant legal and logistical challenges in carrying out the death penalty. Law Library has many books available for check out including: The Death Penalty in the United States: A Complete Guide to Federal and State Laws / Louis J.

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Automated License Plate Readers with ACLU Attorney Matt Cagle

Berkley Technology Law Journal

There is a great law in California. The law was passed around 2016. Are there any examples of other states or international examples that this abuse of this data has been more hampered than here in California? Matt] 23:05 There actually is. We call it SB 34 because that was the bill number.

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